[00:00.00]时代音乐网 www.78497.com  [00:01.08]I never was much at singin [00:04.41]And I ain't a musical bloke [00:07.08]But I play a mad pick and the Banjo [00:10.29]To the beat of the government stroke [00:13.44]To the beat of the government stroke [00:15.75]I play my form called the tune [00:19.53]And the rattle of gravel on the banjo blade [00:22.89]Is all I hear till noon [00:25.80]My head's down low my tail bone high [00:28.92]Sweat runnin' down my brow [00:31.71]And a big yellow sign sayin' Men at work [00:34.98]I show all the people how [00:38.13]A council man he can swing a pick [00:41.13]Or a shovel the whole day long [00:44.49]Diggin' up drains ditches for [00:47.61]A pittance an' a song [00:50.28]And what does the local yokel say hey [00:53.37]Look at the council man [00:56.37]He never would work in an iron lung [00:59.34]Or dirty his little hands [01:02.22]Have a go ya sulky bloody mug I say [01:05.25]But he give me the old thumbs up [01:08.43]And then tears off like a greasy mug [01:11.40]To find him another pub [01:14.16]I'm fed to the teeth as there I stand [01:17.40]In a typical council pose [01:20.49]Leaning upon my ole banjo [01:23.19]With the sweat running down my nose [01:38.34]Oh I worked all day for an honest quid [01:42.03]And this is the thanks I get [01:45.06]What'll I do What are my rights [01:48.03]I ask of the union rep [01:50.94]So there we are with a hole in the road [01:54.24]Traffic is piling up [01:56.88]But the Billie boy he was doin' his bit [02:00.06]And calling us for a cup [02:02.88]So the ten of us and the foreman too [02:06.15]And the man on the stop and go [02:09.27]Downed our tools and we were joined [02:11.79]By the bloke on the big back h*e [02:14.64]And while the little old lady was a tooting her horn [02:18.21]And the Truckie was a jumpin' 'round [02:20.88]We nibbled our bickies and we sipped our tea [02:23.76]And we never even heard a sound [02:26.79]Oh Sittin' at ease neath the bird that might fly [02:30.06]Watchin' the world go by [02:32.88]My mind went back to an earlier day [02:35.76]When I never would'a thought that I [02:38.91]Could play the mad mick and the banjo [02:41.70]To the beat of the government stroke [02:44.91]But like I said I never could sing [02:47.94]And I ain't a musical bloke [02:50.97]OhI never was much at singin' [02:54.09]And I ain't a musical bloke [02:56.73]But I play the mad mick and the banjo [02:59.94]To the beat of the government the beat of the government [03:03.24]The beat of the government stroke